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1. Colleymount / Mount Colley
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Also COLLEY-MOUNT PARK. After Edward Pomeroy Colley, who surveyed land in this area in 1905 and 1906. He perished on the Titanic. |
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2. François Lake / Mount Carl Borden
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Mount Carl Borden named after Dr. Charles E. Borden (1905-78), Professor of German at UBC, who, taking up archaeology as a hobby in middle life, made it his life work and became the father of scientific archaeology in British Columbia. |
3. Cheslatta (Southbank, 4km)
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4. Clemretta (Southbank, 4km)
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). After two cows, Clementine and Henrietta, belonging to the first postmaster here. He coined the name in desperation after all the names that he had suggested were rejected by Ottawa since they duplicated the names of post offices elsewhere in Canada. |
5. Danskin (Southbank, 4km)
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6. Grassy Plains (Southbank, 4km)
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7. Marilla / Henson Hills (Southbank, 4km)
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Henson Hills - After George Henson, pioneer settler, whose son Frank became a well-known guide. |
8. McDonalds Landing (Southbank, 4km)
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9. Noralee (Southbank, 4km)
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Noralee - When Lee Newgaard and his wife, Nora, opened a post office here in 1937, they combined their first names to secure a name for it. |
10. Ootsa Lake (Southbank, 4km)
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11. Southbank / Captain Harry Lake / Chelaslie Arm / Cheslatta Lake / Chicamin Range / Euchu Reach ~ Lake / Kidprice Lake (Southbank, 4km)
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'Captain Harry ' - In remote Indian villages, the 'captain' is the religious assistant who serves in the place of the priest, who can make a visit only once or twice a year. |
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12. Takysie Lake (Southbank, 4km)
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Takysie Lake - From the Carrier Indian word meaning 'three heads.' |
13. Tatalrose (Southbank, 4km)
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14. Tchesinkut Lake (Southbank, 4km)
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15. Tetachuk (Southbank, 4km)
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16. Augier Lake 22 (Burns Lake, 20km)
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Named by Father Morice after Father Cassien Augier (1846-1927), Superior-General of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. |
17. Babine Lake 21B (Burns Lake, 20km)
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18. Burns Lake (Village) / Boer Mountain / Taltapin Lake (Burns Lake, 20km)
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After George ('The Boer') Wallace, who filed for land near Burns Lake in 1908, his wife being the first white woman in the area. Both came from South Africa and spoke Zulu fluently. |
19. Burns Lake 18 (Burns Lake, 20km)
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20. Burns Lake Park / Burns Lake / Deadmans Island Park (Burns Lake, 20km)
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After Michael Byrnes, an explorer for the abortive Collins Overland Telegraph scheme. Byrnes passed this lake around 1866 while surveying a route from Fort Fraser to Hagwilget. |
21. Chapel Park 28 (Burns Lake, 20km)
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22. Dead Man's Island Park (Burns Lake, 20km)
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23. Decker Lake (Burns Lake, 20km)
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After Decker, a foreman with the Collins Overland Telegraph party here in 1866. |
24. Donald Landing (Burns Lake, 20km)
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25. Ethel F. Wilson Memorial Park (Burns Lake, 20km)
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Ethel F. Wilson Memorial Park- Although childless, Ethel Wilson and her husband Walter, a BC Forest Service ranger, did much for the children of the Burns Lake district, among other things holding summer camps for the forestry-oriented Young Ranger Band. |
26. Palling (Burns Lake, 20km)
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27. Pendleton Bay (Burns Lake, 20km)
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28. Pinkut Lake 23 (Burns Lake, 20km)
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29. Poison Creek 17 (Burns Lake, 20km)
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30. Poison Creek 17A (Burns Lake, 20km)
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31. Rubyrock Lake Park (Burns Lake, 20km)
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32. Sheraton (Burns Lake, 20km)
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33. Sheraton Creek 19 (Burns Lake, 20km)
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34. Skooby Island 48 (Burns Lake, 20km)
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35. Tintagel (Burns Lake, 20km)
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Tintagel - Named after Tintagel, Cornwall. A monument, exhibiting a stone from Tintagel Castle, reminds passersby of the tie between King Arthur's Tintagel and British Columbia's. |
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36. Wet'suwet'en Village / Boo Mountain (Burns Lake, 20km)
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Boo Mountain named after Donald Boo. Mrs. Turkki reports in her history of Burns Lake that 'here resided Lucy Boo, her son Donald, his wife, Sarah, and son Leno. |
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37. Wistaria (Burns Lake, 20km)
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Wistaria - When a name was needed for a post office here, a Mrs. William Harrison suggested that of the flowering vine. |
38. Woyenne 27 (Burns Lake, 20km)
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39. Francois Lake 7 (Tatalrose, 17km)
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